Preparation for English TSA --Speaking --Listening, Reading & Writing
Speaking Date: 4th May 2011 (or 5th May 2011) Preparation Time: 2 mins. Assessment Time: 3 mins. Reading Aloud Expression of Personal Experiences Picture Description
Reading Aloud----Example 1
Example 2
Expression of Personal Experiences Example
Picture Description
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Students with best performance in Speaking: Give relevant answer with some elaboration Give answers to “Why” / “Why not” questions. Speak clearly and readily with just a few pronunciation mistakes.
Listening, Reading & Writing Written Tests ( 紙筆評估 ) Date: 16th June 2010 (or 17th June 2010) Listening assessment: around 25 mins. Reading & Writing Assessments: 25 mins. “OSM” barcode labels
Listening
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Reading Comprehension: In Context 3 parts --posters / food menu / notice / book cover / table of content / letter / table (time-table) / short story / calendar / a club-house leaflet / poem / guessing a riddle / postcard / birthday card / …
Reading ----Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
More difficult questions:
Maths? / common sense?
Writing Write a short story based on given pictures OR Write a letter about a topic with the help of given prompts (a few words / a mind map)
Example Writing – The School Picnic
Example 2---Writing --- “The Frog”
Daily Assessment (homework) Writing Description of an animal
Responding to descriptions of characters:
Completing a story
Description of a good friend
In tests / exams
Some tips on Studying note book Grammar Book and supp. worksheets Do more exercises Read extensively (Broaden the horizon, build interest + confidence, widen the range of vocab.) Train reading speed, guess the meanings
Silent reading + reading aloud Re-checking all the answers in tests/ exams: –All questions completed? (read the Rubrics of questions) –Answers correct? –Grammar (tense / preposition etc.) –Spelling –Punctuation
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